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Franco Nuschese Hosts World’s Leading Virus Doctors

December 11, 2014 By WHC Insider

Cafe Milano hosts Global Virus Network Annual Dinner

Cafe Milano hosts Global Virus Network Annual Dinner December 10, 2014

While Washington’s 1%ers enjoyed Cafe Milano’s legendary Branzino and Wagyu beef on the main floor, upstairs in a private room top doctors and health care professionals from around the world celebrated Time Magazine’s Man Of The Year Award that went to their colleagues and friends fighting Ebola.

The Annual Dinner of the Global Virus Network brings together the virologists who work with countries to create and execute protocols to protect and prepare the world’s populations from viruses that quickly spread. As alway, Dr. Robert Gallo and Dr. Billy Hall, GVN co-founders, updated the crowd on progress. Other GVN guests included Dr. Sharon Hrynkow, President of GVN; Tim Moynahan, Chairman of the Board of Directors; and Dr. Erica Saphire, Co-Director of the GVN Center of Excellence at The Scripps Research Institute and one of the leading researchers on Ebola in the United States.

Mathew Evins, a member of the Board of Directors, moderated questions from audience that included Gina Adams, Corporate Vice President Government Affairs, Fedex, and member of the Board of Directors of GVN, the Washington Post’sRoxanne Roberts and FishbowlDC’s new editor Damon Marx.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Cafe Milano, Dr. Robert Gallo, FishbowlDC, Franco Nuschese, Global Virus Network

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